Coaches Research Hub
Search any coach, jump to the record answer, then verify it with year-by-year rows, ranked-game splits, school impact, and comparisons.
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Fast answers, deeper profiles.
Current Research Window
Search coach records, career wins, win percentage, and rankings from the same filtered universe as the discovery visuals below. Start from the recommended sample, then tighten the field around identity, school, time span, or quality.
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Summary and Filtering
Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.
Primary Discovery
Start with career shape or flip to identity. Either way, the chart, the coach summary, the outlier list, and the table context all stay synchronized.
Start with the simplest question: who paired real strength with a repeatable week-to-week shape?
Nick Saban
Volatility: 9.91 • Average SRS: 19.76
80.6% win rate • 33.6 peak SRS
Hover or focus a point to isolate it. Click a coach to carry that selection into the results table.
Average SRS reads overall strength. Volatility is the spread of season-to-season SRS, so lower values mean a steadier profile.
Career shape lens
This is the clearest first-pass view for peak versus stability. It is the best place to start browsing.
Nick Saban coached 28 seasons, won 80.6%, and posted an average SRS of 19.8. Best season: 2016 Alabama. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Nick Saban
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Dan Simrell
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Gary Pinkel
Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Nick Saban
2016
2. Gary Pinkel
2013
3. Jack Murphy
1971
4. Matt Campbell
2017
5. Frank Lauterbur
1969
Supporting Insights
These are shortcuts into the same table below. Performance leads the stack, while stability and longevity stay visible without competing with the main chart.
Performance
The fastest path into peak and results leaders.
Single-season ceiling leaders.
1. Nick Saban
2016 Alabama (14-1)
2. Gary Pinkel
2013 Missouri (12-2)
3. Jack Murphy
1971 Toledo (12-0)
4. Matt Campbell
2017 Iowa State (8-5)
5. Frank Lauterbur
1969 Toledo (11-0)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Nick Saban
2016 Alabama (14-1)
2. Jason Candle
2015 Toledo (1-0)
3. Gary Pinkel
2013 Missouri (12-2)
4. Matt Campbell
2017 Iowa State (8-5)
5. Tom Amstutz
2005 Toledo (9-3)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Nick Saban
2016 Alabama (14-1)
2. Gary Pinkel
2013 Missouri (12-2)
3. Matt Campbell
2017 Iowa State (8-5)
4. Jason Candle
2015 Toledo (1-0)
5. Jack Murphy
1971 Toledo (12-0)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Matt Campbell
2017 Iowa State (8-5)
2. Jason Candle
2015 Toledo (1-0)
3. Nick Saban
2016 Alabama (14-1)
4. Gary Pinkel
2013 Missouri (12-2)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Nick Saban
2016 Alabama (14-1)
2. Gary Pinkel
2013 Missouri (12-2)
3. Chuck Stobart
1992 Memphis (6-5)
4. Matt Campbell
2017 Iowa State (8-5)
5. Jason Candle
2015 Toledo (1-0)
Results Table
10 filtered coaches in view. Lower rank numbers are better. Lower volatility means more stable. Lower SP Def numbers are better on the identity chart.
| Compare | |||||||||||||||
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Nick Saban 297-71-1 • 1990-2023 | Alabama, LSU +2 | 28 | 369 | 297 | 71 | 80.6% | 19.8 | 33.6 2016 peak | 9.9 | 39.4 | 16.2 | #1 | 18 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Gary Pinkel 191-110-3 • 1991-2015 | Missouri, Toledo | 25 | 304 | 191 | 110 | 63.3% | 3.7 | 22.4 2013 peak | 10.7 | 31.9 | 24.6 | #4 | 2 | Offense-First Peak Dominator | |
Matt Campbell 107-70 • 2011-2025 | Iowa State, Toledo | 15 | 177 | 107 | 70 | 60.5% | 7.3 | 14.3 2017 peak | 6.1 | 31.2 | 24.5 | #9 | 1 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Jason Candle 81-45 • 2015-2025 | Toledo | 11 | 126 | 81 | 45 | 64.3% | 0.3 | 10.2 2015 peak | 6.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Jack Murphy 35-32 • 1971-1976 | Toledo | 6 | 67 | 35 | 32 | 52.2% | -6.3 | 14.7 1971 peak | 9.9 | 26.2 | 26.4 | #14 | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Tom Amstutz 58-41 • 2001-2008 | Toledo | 8 | 99 | 58 | 41 | 58.6% | -4.8 | 3.9 2005 peak | 7.4 | 31.5 | 33.8 | #23 | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Frank Lauterbur 52-60-3 • 1963-1973 | Iowa, Toledo | 11 | 115 | 52 | 60 | 46.5% | -4.6 | 11.5 1969 peak | 10.3 | 22.9 | 25.6 | #12 | 0 | Defense-First Volatile Builder | |
Chuck Stobart 69-84-3 • 1977-1994 | Memphis, Toledo +1 | 14 | 156 | 69 | 84 | 45.2% | -4.2 | 7.9 1992 peak | 8.8 | 23.6 | 25.2 | — | 0 | Defense-First Volatile Builder | |
Dan Simrell 49-38-2 • 1982-1989 | Toledo | 8 | 89 | 49 | 38 | 56.2% | -12.4 | -4.4 1983 peak | 3.5 | 19.2 | 23.4 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Tim Beckman 25-37 • 2009-2014 | Illinois, Toledo | 5 | 62 | 25 | 37 | 40.3% | -9.1 | -3.4 2013 peak | 5.5 | 27.1 | 31.7 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First |
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